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Distinguished ASP Associate Members in Tampa, FL 2016; together with Joanna Turner

The American Society for Photobiology is pleased to announce the second Associate Online Symposium !

Abstract deadline extended to July 15, 2017!

The goal of the ASP Associate Online Symposium is to provide ASP Associate members and those interested in being Associate members, a platform to promote their research in an online environment and to be reviewed by their research peers.
For details and submission please visit: http://photobiology.org/virtual2017/

Come visit us in San Diego, exploring the frontiers of research on photoexcited states and their mechanistic role in skin photodamage and photomedicine !

This ASP focus symposium gathers basic and translational researchers that will present cutting edge talks in high quality oral sessions held on two evenings.

Symposium I (Thursday, April 6, 2017, evening): ‘Excited states in skin and other tissue damage: Photodamage, photocarcinogenesis, and photochemoprevention’

6.30 p.m.: reception
7-10 p.m. scientific session (with dinner break)

This symposium examines the mechanistic role of excited states in mediating tissue damage (focusing on skin and solar exposure) and explores avenues for preventive and therapeutic intervention.

Confirmed Speakers:

Douglas E Brash, Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University
Zigang Dong, The Hormel Institute, The University of Minnesota
Jean Cadet, University of Sherbrooke; Editor, Photochemistry and Photobiology

Additional speakers to be selected from the submitted abstracts

Symposium II (Friday, April 7, 2017, evening): ‘Excited States in Photomedicine: from Mechanisms to Translation’

6.30 p.m.: reception
7-10 p.m. scientific session (with dinner break)

Activation of extrinsic photosensitizers and cellular biomolecules by visible light can trigger a complex array of biologic and physiologic processes. These effects include changes in the balance of tumor cell death versus survival, the development of inflammation and anti-tumor immunity, and the remodeling of vascular microenvironment. This symposium will explore exciting new developments in the mechanisms and application of photoexcited states in medicine.

We are looking forward to an exciting ASP focus meeting in San Diego, CA.

With our warmest regards

Georg T. Wondrak, University of Arizona, ASP President
Keith A. Cengel, University of Pennsylvania, ASP Past president
Yu-Ying He, The University of Chicago, ASP President Elect
Theresa M. Busch, University of Pennsylvania, ASP Treasurer

As Editor in Chief of Photochemistry and Photobiology, it is my distinct pleasure to invite you to submit your high quality research manuscripts to our society’s own journal.
Photochemistry and Photobiology has been published since 1962, and it is no overstatement that our journal has been instrumental in publishing breakthrough research that defined our field reaching far beyond our discipline.
Please check out our newest issue: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1751-1097
Members and friends of ASP, I encourage you to take advantage of the visibility and impact associated with the journal.
When looking for fair peer review and rapid high quality publication, please consider publishing your research in Photochemistry and Photobiology.
And remember... Our Society - Our Journal.

Visit the Frontiers of Photobiology:
Nobel Lecture by Aziz Sancar (The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 'for mechanistic studies of DNA repair')
Nobel Lecture by Roger Y. Tsien
(The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 'for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP')
Interviews with Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber, Hartmut Michel (The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988 'for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre')